diff --git a/generators/app/index.js b/generators/app/index.js
index 0ceccf6..4545775 100644
--- a/generators/app/index.js
+++ b/generators/app/index.js
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ module.exports = class extends Generator {
             { appname: this.appname, gituser: this.gituser }
         );
 
+        this.fs.copyTpl(
+            this.templatePath('gitignore'),
+            this.destinationPath('.gitignore'),
+            { appname: this.appname, gituser: this.gituser }
+        );
+
         let indexName = 'index.jsx';
         let storeName = 'store.jsx';
         if (this.typescript) {
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/gitignore b/generators/app/templates/gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1ab330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generators/app/templates/gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+node_modules/
+dist/
+.cache/
+.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/basic.js b/test/basic.js
index 86ecfde..3b53f5c 100644
--- a/test/basic.js
+++ b/test/basic.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('generator without everything', function () {
     });
 
     it('generates a project with react router', () => {
-        assert.file(['package.json', '.babelrc', 'index.html', 'src/index.jsx']);
+        assert.file(['package.json', '.babelrc', 'index.html', 'src/index.jsx', '.gitignore']);
         assert.jsonFileContent('package.json', {"name": "foo"});
         assert.noFileContent('src/index.jsx', '../css/app.scss');
         assert.noFileContent('src/index.jsx', '<Router>');